Despite the bipartisan consensus, Australia’s role in Afghanistan is demonstrably counterproductive, writes Brian Toohey
04 Aug 10 Comments (0)Climate policy has stalled. So, what now?
With the government and the opposition treading water, Brian Toohey looks at alternative ways forward
08 Jul 10 Comments (1)Julie Bishop was (half) right
The convention that neither side of politics comments on the operation of intelligence agencies benefits the agencies and the government (and sometimes the opposition) but no one else, writes Brian Toohey
03 Jun 10 Comments (2)Disregarding Henry
Funds from the planned super-profits tax on mining could have been used much more productively, argues Brian Toohey, and key Henry report recommendations deserved early implementation
06 May 10 Comments (0)Dealing with China
Building Australian submarines would compound the defence white paper’s mistaken view of the threats Australia faces, writes Brian Toohey
07 Apr 10 Comments (2)Big cuts and little cuts
It’s not so much the size of government spending that counts – it’s the quality, writes Brian Toohey
02 Mar 10 Comments (1)An exotic answer to a real world problem
There are more straightforward ways of moving towards a low-carbon future, argues Brian Toohey
02 Dec 09 Comments (1)The novelists who kicked the hornets’ nests
Two novels, two realities. Brian Toohey looks at what fiction can tell us about governments and human rights
03 Nov 09 Comments (1)Shortchanging the “greatest moral challenge”
The vast spending gap between compensation and renewable energy demonstrates a lack of federal government commitment to dealing with climate change, writes Brian Toohey
07 Oct 09 Comments (6)The inheritor
John Faulkner will have his hands full cleaning up after other people’s mistakes, writes Brian Toohey
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